The maids just left to the market and you boys must be thirsty? Let me serve you."
She exits quickly to the kitchen. She opens the fridge and pours some orange juice into two glass cups. She opens the small bottle and puts some drops into one glass before disposing the bottle away. She comes back to the parlour and serves them.
"Please feel at home."
Alex sits there in silence.
In his thoughts: your easy to read so the poison must be in the juice served to me, and your nervous waiting just to see me take a sip like seriously out of all the maids why did you choose to serve me?
Damien holds the glass tightly, lost in thoughts: Should I drink this? No she never liked me from day 1 maybe she also poisoned this drink damn all this Alex I didn't sign up for a early death and look at him smiling I should just pretend like I'm taking a sip and then pour everything on the floor yes that's what I'll do.
"The maid's aren't around?" Alex asks.
"Hmm?"
"I mean you shouldn't have bothered stressing yourself to just pour us a drink."
Safeera laughs nervously.
"But since you did we shouldn't let all these go to waste right? Damien be sure to drink every single drop."
Damien smiles as he glares at him. He reaches for the glass cup and takes some sips.
Safeera smiles. "So when are you coming back home?"
"I—"
Alex stops for a moment as he starts coughing out blood.
Damien, who was looking for an opportunity, pours his drink away and rushes to where he is.
"Alex, you fool someone please go call the ambulance fast."
He brings out his phone but Safeera grabs it.
"What?"
"Let him be, let him die after all what Mauja did it's only clear that he has to pay for her sin's."
"Are you in your right senses? Orahime would fall without him, the king. How can you be this heartless? Isn't Alex your son?"
"Alex my son?" she laughs. "He killed Humaira and couldn't even show for her burial. Such person like him deserves to die."
Alex, who was coughing the whole time, sits down and bursts into laughter.
Damien and Safeera look at him puzzled and confused.
"Alex? Did, did the drug get into your head?"
"That poison sure bring's back memories I tried taking it once at the orphanage don't do any much harm to me."
Safeera steps back, scared. "Mon, Monsters, Your a monster all of you are monster's. Don't do any much harm to you? Don't make me laugh. What make's you so special? If it doesn't do any harm to you then—"
She carries the glass of juice.
"It won't do any harm to me to right."
"No Mrs Bello please don't I don't know for you but even I could die if—"
She gulps the entire drink.
She coughs out blood as the cup falls and shatters into pieces. She falls on the floor both eyes and mouth pouring out blood.
"A, Alex—"
She coughs out more blood as she closes her eyes and remembers her brother's face, tears streaming down her face.
"If, if hell really exits then that evil mo, mom of your's belong's there—"
She slumps and closes her eyes once and for all.
Davis barges into the house.
"Mrs Safeera Bello no!"
He moves next to her and checks her pulse.
"I told you not to do anything foolish."
He looks at Alex and Damien before he sighs and exits.
"So were going to burry her right?" Damien asks.
Patty enters through the back door and sees Safeera's body.
She lets out a loud scream. "Noooooo, Madam!"
She starts crying as she rushes to where her body was.
Later that day at the cemetery:
Rain clouds gather as Alex, Damien and the other maids gather to bury her.
Patty cries. "Why, Why madam why would you take poison? Is that why you told all of us to leave? How could you leave me like this?"
Martha consoles her with red eyes.
Alex stares at her grave as the men finish burying her.
In his thoughts: Why would you try to kill me? That day at the orphanage I told you to look for someone else yet you picked me? You couldn't kill me and ended up killing yourself out of to much guilt? Was the pain to much for you to bear? The feeling you had all the money in the world but couldn't protect your own brother. How did you feel all these while forcing a smile on your face? Remember Safeera word's: "If hell really exits then that evil mom of your's belongs there." Could it be what's written in Mauja diary is different from who the real Mauja might be? To come and think of it Akira never mentioned where my mom was burried. Could it be she's alive? Who is this Aruna person?
"So where are we going?" Damien asks. "Mrs Bello is dead, Charles is also dead, Akira and Chloe are dead, Humaira is dead, Zanu is missing."
"Forget about Zanu maybe she gave up and went home."
Damien laughs.
Patty hugs Damien crying. "My prince, please don't leave me I, I can't leave without you."
"Patty pull yourself together or else—"
"Yes young master."
She lets go and goes back to the grave.
Davis approaches. "Alex, If it's okay with you I'll like to ask you some questions concerning—"
"Your death registered file, does anyone with the name Mauja written down there 20 years ago?"
"Mauja?"
Davis excuses himself to make a quick phone call and comes back.
"NO."
"Then I have nothing to tell you let's go Damien."
They exit.
Davis smiles slightly. "So my next suspect is this Mauja person right? This is getting interesting now."
The following day in Pruga City:
Mubarak and Zanu spend time together, forgetting their situation. The more they stay together the more they develop feelings for each other. In their little apartment they sit on the bed chatting happily.
"You know I'm sure you would make a good wife someday," Mubarak chuckles.
"Oh really? I was planning on introducing you to my friends in Sumdem. You would really like them. Damien tho Alex isn't friendly."
"It would be a great honor for me but remember I need to put on a disguise."
"Yea so that unknown woman of your's won't catch you and you said you don't know where she's staying?"
"All my life I've been borned and raised underground and when I escaped I just found myself here I don't even know my way back even if I want to."
"A friendly suggestion it's better you just fake your own death to make things easier for you."
He smiles.
In his thoughts: The only thing that would stop bothering me is when I avenge my father's death, both Alex and that woman are the cause of his death.
"What are you thinking about? And don't you dare tell me your thinking about another girl."
"Well I won't lie when I say there's this girl that's been on my mind lately."
She tries to leave but he pulls her back.
"I'm just joking. The woman who's on my mind is you Zanu. I love you."
She stands there shocked.
In her thoughts: Of course you would everything is going according to plan.
"I, I love you to Mubarak."
"Now that everything is settled I'll just have to marry you then we go to the palace and ask for your father's blessings till then why don't I feed my future wife and unborn child. Zanu would you do the honors of marrying me?"
She nods.